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[Edgeworth is, as ever, using voice. However, when he speaks, he sounds deeply exhausted, deeply miserable - and deeply ashamed. Behind him is the sound of the modern prison - intercom announcements, slamming doors, harsh footsteps, low conversation.]I've been allowed my NV back briefly to speak to all of you. The message I have is this: do not

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Mr. Edgeworth.

voice;

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Yes.

voice;

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Are the three of you all right? Are any of you hurt?

voice;

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No. Even were we, the wounds would have been seen to.

voice;

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Are all three of you in the same cell?

[She's heading downstairs to see them, anyway, but she needs to gather all of her notes first.]

voice;

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Yes. It's a common holding area; we've not yet been assigned to individual cells.

voice;

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[Good, then he hasn't been put in any cell with anyone else. Like Grimmjow.]

I'm heading down to see you three. Do you need anything?

voice;

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Ms. Mayer, I am not certain that you should sully your hands with this case.

voice;

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I wouldn't be a newcomer caseworker nor a police officer if I didn't, Mr. Edgeworth.

voice;

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If it muddies your reputation, it may do damage far beyond the benefits if you are able to assist me.

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I don't care. It's my duty.

voice;

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Your duty is also to the other newcomers.

All the more, now.

voice;

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Don't turn this into a hopeless cause.

voice;

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No. Of course. There is ample hope.

voice;

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You should worry more for yourself than for me, you know. Things will be okay.

voice;

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I merely...

[A pause.]

Perhaps.